Executive Recruitment Fees and Pricing

Everything you need to know about executive recruitment fees

How Executive Recruitment Fees And Pricing Calculated?

In Australia, the cost of executive recruitment services ranges from 16 to 25% of the salary package.

When you engage an executive recruitment business, you agree to pay this fee in exchange for their services in managing the entire recruitment process for you.

Executive recruitment fees are typically invoiced at two or three milestone points in the process.

  • Milestone one: Commencement of the project
  • Milestone two: Presentation of the longlist
  • Milestone three: Successful appointment of the executive hire

Kingston Human Capital executive recruitment fees range from 17 to 19%.

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What Is Included In An Executive Recruitment Fee Or Price?

Hiring the right executive will transform your business while hiring the wrong executive will ruin it.  Getting your executive hiring "right'' is key to the sustainability and growth of your organisation. 


Think of executive recruitment as a service that guarantees great hiring outcomes. When you engage an executive recruitment partner, you’re paying them for their time, and for their ability to deliver a robust, comprehensive recruitment process that identifies and engages top talent, while positioning and preserving your employer brand. 


Most organisations report that they use an executive recruiter because they don't have ''in-house'' executive recruitment know-how. Others report they don't have the time to run a comprehensive executive recruitment process. This is whys so many organisations choose to outsource their executive recruitment. 



Here are just some of the stages an executive recruitment process covers:

  • Needs analysis and role assessment
  • Development of a talent attraction strategy. advertising campaigns, and copywriting
  • Development of evaluation interview questions
  • Applicant screening, longlisting, applicant interviewing, and shortlisting
  • Coordination of interviews, panel member diary management, catering if required
  • Interview question design along side interview support (i.e. attending interviews and/or acting as scribe if required)
  • Right to work and reference checks
  • Post-interview feedback and facilitation of second interviews
  • Management of talent pool
  • Support and performance monitoring for up to 24 months
  • Completion of reporting and post project debrief

Finding needles in haystacks is what we do best. We use traditional and algorithmic-search techniques, video recruitment, and behavioural economics to find you the best talent in the market.